Omaha daily bee., 1887-01-07
TELEGRAPH NOTES,

Another street car tie-up is threatened on
the brooklyn city lines.
Cardinal Jacobini is again failing and a
fatal termination is expected.
Fourteen pouches of letters and n truck
load OF papers were burned in the Tillin (OD
wreck.
The Reliance machine works at Milwaukee
were damaged by fire last night to the extent
of S25U,O0O.
The Missouri legislature organized yester-
day by electing the nominees of the demo-
cratic caucus for its officers.
Kreamer's commercial building, the finest
in Lock Haven, Pa, was destroyed by fire
yesterday morning Loss, $4,000.
The Inauguration of the governor and
lieutenant governor OF massachusetts was
conducted at the state house at Boston yes
terday.
WittrocS, IIaight and Weaver, the express
robbers, were taken to the pentrntiary at
Jefferson City, Mo-, yesterday to serve their
sentences.
There was no visible change yesterday in
the senatorial situation in Illinois, Con-
gresham Henderson arrived on the ground
TO Superlntend his boom in person.
A Rapid City attorney named Joseph NJ.
Wallace has been dcbarred from practicing
before tile interior department or any of its
bureaus and local land offices.
James Il. Nowlin, arrested for the murder
of Goldman near Sunmcrville, Mass, has
made a confession, and given to the police
full details OF the horrible crime.
The republican caucus Of the Michigan
legislature, on the tenth ballot last evening
nominrtcd Francis b. Stockbridgc, of kala-
mazoo Tor United States senator.
The democrats captured the organization
of the upper house of the Indiana legislature
Yesterday, but the republicans elected Hon.
w. q. Sayre speaker OF the house
Henry George will devote nine columns of
his new paper. the Standard which appears
on Saturday, in defending the action OF Rev.
Dr. McGlynn in the election last fall.
The republican congressional convention
at Eau Claire, Wis, last night nominated
Price, and Nels i. laughen for short and
long terms respectively
sProfessOr Joseph TossO, the famous viO-
linst, died at his home in COyingtOn, KY,
yesterday, aged eighty-iye years. The
scored his greatest success.
Three OF the crew of the ship Harvey Mills
landed at San Pedro, Gala, yesterday and
report that the vessel toundered two days out
of Seattle on December II. All of the crew
were lost except three men.
A post mOrtem eXamatOn Of the remains
Of the family of Joseph Mauri, the Brook
lyn druggist, who were supposed to have
been poisoned, developed the fact that the
deaths were caused by smallpox.
A Campbellvile, Kentucky, man has ac-
cOmpliShed the remarkable feat of eating
sixty quailS in thirty days, and Is still going
tor the birds AT the tate Of two "a day on u
500 bet that he cannot eat eighty OF them in
forty days
President Cleveland Yesterday received Il
call trOH convict whom lac had recently
plrlOned. The young man expressed his
ihanks for the presidents action in his case
and was in turn given some good advise by
the latter.
Testimony in the lunacy proceedings of
Prof. EmmOns sainst his wife was begun at
Washington yesterday before a jury, and
counter charges of unlaithIulneSs were pre-
sented by the lady's counsel \ Lively trial
Is anticipated
Scoator Mcmillan OF Minnesota yesterday
announced that he withdrew from the con-
test for reelection, and last evening the
republican caucus OF the state legislature
nominated Ex-Governor Cuahman *. Davis.
THIS inslres the election OF Davis.
The Connecticut legislature met in Joint
convention yesterday to elect state officers
owing to the failure OF the popular vote 10
give any candidate a majority The result
of the ballJting was the election OF the re-
publican candidates as follows: Governor,
l.. G. LOunsbury, OF Rdeehed; Lieutenant
governor James j.. Howard of Hartford;
secretary OF state, l., ii. Hubbard: oT Wall
engfOrd; treasurer, Alexander Warner, OF
POmfrett, and comptroller, Thomas Clark
OF North StOnlnGtOn.